Since ancient times, music has been regarded as a central medium for artistic exploration of the topic of "peace", the various facets of which will be examined in the lecture series "Music and Peace" organised by the Detmold/Paderborn Musicology Seminar. In this context, Prof. Dr. Yvonne Wasserloos from the Mozarteum University Salzburg will give a lecture on Wednesday, 6 January on the topic of "'Un-Frieden' stiften.

On 7 and 14 January, the Centre for Gender Studies (ZG) and the anti-discrimination project School of Diversity will be holding a workshop at Paderborn University. The aim is to teach the basics of preventing queer hostility and to raise awareness of the needs of the LGBTQ+ community.

Under the title "Cultural Perspectives on Media", the international lecture series of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University in the winter semester 2025/26 is dedicated to the multifaceted topic of "Media" from interdisciplinary and international perspectives.

In the "ZeKK live" event format of the Centre for Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies (ZeKK), professorial ZeKK members interview guests from public life on questions relating to religion and society.

On Thursday, January 8, Dr. Martin Schmitt, research associate at the Historical Institute of Paderborn University, will give a lecture on the topic of „The Early History of Data Centers: Historical Development and Environmental Impacts“.

On Thursday, 8 January, a reading with educational researcher Lisa Niendorf will take place from 4 to 5.30 pm in the GrillCafé at Paderborn University.

Lecture and discussion with Prof Dr Oliver Müller

Prof. Dr. Peter Fäßler from the History Department at the University of Paderborn will give a lecture on Thursday, January 8, on the topic of “In search of a new self-image – the EU as a geopolitical actor”

On Thursday, 8 January, Dr Patrick Brodie, Assistant Professor in the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin, will give a lecture on “The Geopolitical Ecology of AI”.

Under the motto "KW writes (better) together", the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GKW) and the Writing Competence Centre organise a monthly interdisciplinary writing group. The meeting on Monday, 12 January, will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. in room C5.218 and hybrid via Zoom. Registration is not required.

In the winter semester 2025/26, the novelist, poet and essayist Prof Dr Michael Lentz will take over the 44th Paderborn Guest Lectureship for Writers. On Monday, 12 January, the special reading "Zig Seltenes. Concert with Gunnar Geisse and Michael Lentz - with texts by Eugen Gomringer, Ernst Jandl, Michael Lentz, Renate Rasp and others" will take place in the Deelenhaus from 7.30 pm.

Doctoral candidates and postdocs who are interested in a scholarship but are still unsure about the details can find out more at the scholarship evening of the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities on Tuesday, 13 January.

A series of public lectures will be held as part of the seminar "Interdisciplinary Gender Studies" at the Institute of Education Studies. These will provide an insight into gender research at Paderborn University and open up a variety of perspectives on the research field of "Gender Studies". On Tuesday, 13 January, Stefanie Leinfellner, coordinator of the peer mentoring programme for female students, will give a lecture on the topic of "Doing…

Under the title "Cultural Perspectives on Media", the international lecture series of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University in the winter semester 2025/26 is dedicated to the multifaceted topic of "Media" from interdisciplinary and international perspectives.

Lecture and discussion with Prof Dr Zishan Ghaffar and Sarah Lebock